Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
What do you do if you are young and you have found something in the Bible that you know is true as surely as you know 2 + 2 = 4, but the older Christians say you're wrong? Then, with your whole heart you believe in Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world, you believe the Bible as His holy word, you are a student in high school, and the teachers and the students belittle you for your faith which they describe as superstition; can you stand alone against this phalanx of opposition?
Luther, a young monk, discovered as surely as 2 + 2 = 4 that justification is by faith alone, not by works; he had to stand virtually alone against the hierarchy of his powerful church. It was rough going; they threatened to kill him. Did the Lord Jesus forsake him? The Lord upheld him.
Many young people have been opposed by the elders: Joseph cruelly opposed by older brothers and even misunderstood by his saintly father. Rough going for a lad.
Moses, legally "the son of Pharaoh's daughter" had an obligation to the hierarchy of the world's greatest empire of the day, a youth who knew 2 + 2 = 4 theologically. Up against terrific pressure. Was loyal to Christ.
David was accused of treason against the divinely appointed government of the nation. If ever there was a youth opposed by his "church," it was David fleeing to the wilderness from King Saul, the old man who was most certainly "the anointed of the Lord." David was walking a tight rope over Niagara Falls. The least misstep, and he was ruined (and yes, he did cross the line into sinful unbelief on one occasion; He came within a hair's breadth of ruin).
There was young Jeremiah forced to withstand the royalty of the Kingdom of Judah. Forced to an entire lifetime under the condemnation of his people, died under that cloud.
A young Church of Scotland pastor, McCleod Campbell, believed 2 + 2 = 4 theologically, was defrocked by his presbytery, and only late in life rehabilitated.
In more modern times a young minister only 33 had a conscience that bound him to 2 + 2 = 4 theologically, had to stand against the grey-haired men of his church leadership. Almost to a man they opposed him, condemned him as a mere "fledgling" (a bird hardly ready to fly). History vindicated young Joseph, Moses, David, and also Jeremiah (after his death). This particular young man is long gone to his rest, but his history remains still under a cloud of disapprobation.
But the Bible says that God is the Author of 2 + 2 = 4 truth; he is called "the LORD God of truth" (Psalm 31:5). Whoever you are, if you stand alone, hang on to "truth as it is in Jesus." Trust Him.
--Robert J. Wieland
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: October 18, 2003.
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